{"id":4648,"date":"2022-12-28T03:08:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T16:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=4648"},"modified":"2022-12-28T03:08:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T16:08:22","slug":"sydney-escapes-heat-wave-27-dec-1945-in-melbourne-the-highest-reading-was-104-2-degrees-and-in-hobart-101-degrees-104-2-deg-f-40-1-celsius-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=4648","title":{"rendered":"SYDNEY ESCAPES HEAT WAVE 27 Dec 1945. In Melbourne the highest reading was 104.2 degrees, and in Hobart 101 degrees. 104.2 deg F = 40.1 Celsius."},"content":{"rendered":"

SYDNEY ESCAPES HEAT WAVE (1945, December 27). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954)<\/i>, p. 1. Retrieved December 28, 2022, from https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/newspaper\/article\/17964641?searchTerm=extreme%20heat%20in%20melbourne#<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sydney appears to have escaped the heat wave which scorched Victoria and parts of Tasmania during the Christmas holidays.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Maximum temperature in Sydney yesterday was 77.8 degrees at 1.35 pm., but in Melbourne the highest reading was 104 2 degrees, and in Hobart 101 degrees.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A hot north wind has accompanied high temperatures in Victoria for several days. To-day the wind blew in gusts at 60 miles an hour.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Bushfires broke out and ravaged grass and timber areas, but caused no loss of life. Only two small holiday homes were destroyed.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Late yesterday afternoon a cool change arrived from the west and the temperature in Melbourne dropped to 84.1 degrees in five minutes. The change in the wind enabled the bush<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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fires to be brought under control.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The highest temperature in New South Wales yesterday was 102 degrees, recorded at Wentworth.<\/div>\n
The next highest was 100 degrees, recorded at Bourke and Broken Hill.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Morning temperatures were mild, the lowest minimum being 45 degrees at Crookwell.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sydney\u2019s minimum temperature was 64.9 degrees at 4.20 a.m. yesterday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Humidity was slightly higher than on Christmas Day.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Conditions were fine over the whole State at 3 p.m. with scattered clouds on the North Coast and extreme south-west part of the State. A cold south west change was expected to reach the south-west districts overnight, and gradually spread eastwards to-day.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Only scattered light showers were expected to accompany the change.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Perth had the coldest Christmas Day, and the wettest Christmas Eve on record.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Maximum temperature yesterday was 67.4 degrees.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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